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Alex Sobel vs David Chadwick

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley
vs
Photograph of David Chadwick
David Chadwick
LD Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and David Chadwick voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 215 different votes 258 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 28% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 2% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 463 of 649
1,509
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
575 eligible divisions
822
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
52.9% of votes cast
687
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
Appearances
96
+17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
126
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Contributions
132
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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